Frank X KOPINSKI

5 SEP 1909 - 16 JAN 1991

• OCCUPATION: Judge Probate Court 22 yrs
  
• RELIGION: St Stanislaus
  
• BIRTH: 5 SEP 1909, South Bend, IN
• DEATH: 16 JAN 1991, South Bend, IN

• MARRIAGE: 18 OCT 1935, St Joseph County, Indiana

1.  Joseph A KOPINSKI
2.  Mary Ann KOPINSKI

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[N10278] Birth: Sep. 9, 1909
South Bend, St. Joseph County, IN
Death: Jan. 16, 1991
South Bend, St. Joseph County, IN

Francis X "Frank X" Kopinski, son of Joseph J Kopinski & his wife Walerya Brzezniak Kopinski
**********Former St Joseph County Probate Judge Frank X Kopinski, 81, of Lincoln Way West, died at 2:45 pm Wednesday at Memorial Hospital. Mr Kopinski was the county's Probate Court judge for 22 years, and before that was a Portage Twp justice of the peace for 22 years. A Democrat, he was elected judge in 1960, a post he retained until he retired at the end of 1982, after losing to current Probate Judge Peter F Nemeth in the 1982 primary election. As Probate Court judge, Mr Kopinski handled both probate and juvenile matters as well as supervising the juvenile probation department and the staff of Parkview Juvenile Center. He was instrumental in starting the regional juvenile correction facility, now run by the state Department of Correction and known as the South Bend Juvenile Facility. He said in 22 years on the bench he was only reversed twice on appeal. Mr Kopinski was born Sept 5, 1909, in South Bend and was a life-long area resident. On Oct 8, 1935, in South Bend, he married Clara Slomski. She survives, with a daughter, a son, four grandchildren and one great-grandchild. He graduated from former Central High School in 1927 and received his bachelor's degree from the University of Notre Dame in 1931 and his law degree from there in 1933. He had a law practice in the former Odd Fellows Building, where he also held court after his appointment as justice of the peace. He was a member of the St Joseph County Bar Association, and the Indiana State Bar Association, American Legion Post 357 and Elks Lodge 235. He was a former president of the Polish Central and Civic Organization (Centrala) and of the Young Democrats of St Joseph County. He was former chairman of the board of M R Falcons. He was a former member of the Indiana Juvenile Judges Association, the Indiana Judges Association, the National Association of Juvenile Court Judges, and the National Council of Crime and Delinquency.He was a veteran of the Army in World War II. Services will be at 10 am Saturday at St Stanislaus Catholic Church. Entombment will be at Resurrection Gardens of St Joseph Cemetery. Friends may call from 1 to 9 pm Friday at Kaniewski & Sons Funeral Home, where a parish rosary will be said at 4 pm Memorial contributions may be made to any charity. South Bend Tribune 17 January 1991
Parents: Joseph J Kopinski (1888 - 1952)
Walerya Brzezniak Kopinski (1887 - 1955)
Spouse: Clara Slomski Kopinski (1907 - 1998)
Sibling:
Francis X Kopinski (1909 - 1991)
Martha Kopinski Kruk (1912 - 1971)*
Burial: Saint Joseph Cemetery, South Bend, St. Joseph County
Indiana, USA

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Burial: January 19, 1991, Resurrection Gardens Section, St. Joseph Cemetery, South Bend IN
Fact 1: In 1930 census lived at 1333 W. Fassnacht Avenue, South Bend IN, ED #71-21, Page 3B at age 20 with his parents, & a sister, Martha, 17.
Fact 2: Both children were adopted as babies
Final Services: January 19, 1991, St. Stanislaus Catholic Church, South Bend IN
Military service: US Army, World War II
Obituary: January 17, 1991, South Bend Tribune
Occupation: Judge of the Probate Court for 22 years, after spending 22 years as a Justice of the Peace
Residence: 2906 Lincoln Way West, South Bend IN
Social Security Number: 311-28-6074